. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 232 on sand-banks. The eggs much resemble those of some of the large Terns : e. g. S. cantiaca, S. benjii, & Larus ydastcs, juv. Ilah. South-western Europe and West Coast of Africa, perhaps as far south as Senegambia; Mediterranean, Black, Azoff, and Caspian Seas ; Red Sea to Jeddah ; Mesopotamia, Persian Gulf, Mekran Coast to Karachi. a. S ad. sk. Gulf of Corinth, Nov. {Commr. H. Saunders Coll. MacFarlane). b. 2 ^- ^^- Western Turkey, June (Schliiter). H. Saunders Coll. c. Juv. sk. " South ; H. Saunders Coll. (l-f. d 9 ad
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 232 on sand-banks. The eggs much resemble those of some of the large Terns : e. g. S. cantiaca, S. benjii, & Larus ydastcs, juv. Ilah. South-western Europe and West Coast of Africa, perhaps as far south as Senegambia; Mediterranean, Black, Azoff, and Caspian Seas ; Red Sea to Jeddah ; Mesopotamia, Persian Gulf, Mekran Coast to Karachi. a. S ad. sk. Gulf of Corinth, Nov. {Commr. H. Saunders Coll. MacFarlane). b. 2 ^- ^^- Western Turkey, June (Schliiter). H. Saunders Coll. c. Juv. sk. " South ; H. Saunders Coll. (l-f. d 9 ad. sk. Kuasib, Black Sea, May-June H. Sauuders CoU. (Cullen). g. S imm. sk. Port Said, Egypt (Schliiter). H. Saunders Coll. h. $ ad. sk. Jeddah, March 13 (Zohrab). Shelley Coll. i,k. Near Babylon, River Tigris IndiaMuseum[P,]. (Commr. Jo?ies). Fao, Persian Gulf, I, m. f? ad.; n, o. Juv.; p. Vix ad. sk. q. 2 ad. sk. r. cj ad. sk. s-c'. c? $ ad.; 2 vix ad.; S 2 imm. sk. d'-k'. c?. 2 ad. et cJ imm. sk. Gwader, Mekran Coast, Feb. Ras Malan, Mekran Coast, Nov. Karachi, Sind, Feb. (A. O. Hume). W. D. Camming, Esq. [P.]. Hume Coll. W. T. Blauford, Esq. [C.]. Hume Coll. Karachi, Sind, March, April, May Hume Coll. {Col. E. A. Butler).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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